Hamilton County Has No New COVID Deaths, 53 New Cases; Tennessee Has 1,374 New Cases, 16 More COVID Deaths

  • Saturday, February 27, 2021

Hamilton County reported 53 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday. The new total of cases in Hamilton County is 40,545.

There were no more deaths from the virus in the county reported since Friday, leaving the total at 462.  

The number of coronavirus cases in Tennessee is at 773,887 on Saturday with 1,374 new cases. There have been 16 more deaths from the virus, for a total of 11,393, state Health Department officials said.

The state currently has 925 people hospitalized from the virus, 24 fewer than Friday.

Testing numbers are above 6.769 million across the state. 

The number of people who have recovered from coronavirus in Tennessee is 748,739, 97 percent.

Here are the numbers by county:

Bledsoe County:  1,997 cases; 10 deaths

Bradley County:  12,845 cases, up 21; 138 deaths

Grundy County: 1,681 cases, up 4; 30 deaths

Marion County: 2,928 cases, up 12; 44 deaths, up 2

Meigs County: 1,256 cases, down 1; 21 deaths

Polk County: 1,754 cases, up 5; 22 deaths

Rhea County: 4,140 cases, up 6; 73 deaths

Sequatchie County: 1,550 cases, up 1; 27 deaths, up 2

Knox County: 45,728 cases, up 241; 579 deaths, up 1

Davidson County: 81,174 cases, up 117; 857 deaths, up 3

Shelby County: 87,084 cases, up 126; 1,488 deaths

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